standard for interoperating between Macs and Windows and major NAS appliances.
Please see
+ MS-SMB2 (for detailed SMB2/SMB3/SMB3.1.1 protocol specification)
http://protocolfreedom.org/ and
http://samba.org/samba/PFIF/
for more details.
For questions or bug reports please contact:
- sfrench@samba.org (sfrench@us.ibm.com)
+ smfrench@gmail.com
See the project page at: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/LinuxCIFS_utils
=========================
If you have built the CIFS vfs as module (successfully) simply
type "make modules_install" (or if you prefer, manually copy the file to
-the modules directory e.g. /lib/modules/2.4.10-4GB/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.o).
+the modules directory e.g. /lib/modules/2.4.10-4GB/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.ko).
If you have built the CIFS vfs into the kernel itself, follow the instructions
for your distribution on how to install a new kernel (usually you
would simply type "make install").
-If you do not have the utility mount.cifs (in the Samba 3.0 source tree and on
-the CIFS VFS web site) copy it to the same directory in which mount.smbfs and
-similar files reside (usually /sbin). Although the helper software is not
+If you do not have the utility mount.cifs (in the Samba 4.x source tree and on
+the CIFS VFS web site) copy it to the same directory in which mount helpers
+reside (usually /sbin). Although the helper software is not
required, mount.cifs is recommended. Most distros include a "cifs-utils"
package that includes this utility so it is recommended to install this.
or unpredictable UNC names.
Samba Considerations
-====================
-To get the maximum benefit from the CIFS VFS, we recommend using a server that
-supports the SNIA CIFS Unix Extensions standard (e.g. Samba 2.2.5 or later or
-Samba 3.0) but the CIFS vfs works fine with a wide variety of CIFS servers.
+====================
+Most current servers support SMB2.1 and SMB3 which are more secure,
+but there are useful protocol extensions for the older less secure CIFS
+dialect, so to get the maximum benefit if mounting using the older dialect
+(CIFS/SMB1), we recommend using a server that supports the SNIA CIFS
+Unix Extensions standard (e.g. almost any version of Samba ie version
+2.2.5 or later) but the CIFS vfs works fine with a wide variety of CIFS servers.
Note that uid, gid and file permissions will display default values if you do
not have a server that supports the Unix extensions for CIFS (such as Samba
2.2.5 or later). To enable the Unix CIFS Extensions in the Samba server, add
in the kernel configuration.
Configuration pseudo-files:
-PacketSigningEnabled If set to one, cifs packet signing is enabled
- and will be used if the server requires
- it. If set to two, cifs packet signing is
- required even if the server considers packet
- signing optional. (default 1)
SecurityFlags Flags which control security negotiation and
also packet signing. Authentication (may/must)
flags (e.g. for NTLM and/or NTLMv2) may be combined with
LookupCacheEnable If set to one, inode information is kept cached
for one second improving performance of lookups
(default 1)
-OplockEnabled If set to one, safe distributed caching enabled.
- (default 1)
LinuxExtensionsEnabled If set to one then the client will attempt to
use the CIFS "UNIX" extensions which are optional
protocol enhancements that allow CIFS servers